I really want to honor my mother, [name]Julie[/name] [name]Ann[/name], by naming my first daughter after her. I’ve thought about [name]Julia[/name], [name]Juliet/name, [name]Julianne[/name], and now [name]Juliana[/name].
I was talking with my mom about it, and she loves [name]Juliana[/name]! Hooray! We both love the nickname possibilities (JJ, [name]Julie[/name], [name]Jules[/name], [name]Ana[/name], etc), but are unsure of middle names. My mom says [name]Juliana[/name] could stand on it’s own (no middle name), but she also likes the idea of a short middle name (her suggestion was [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Joy[/name]- to get JJ).
Family name possibilities are… [name]Claire[/name], [name]May[/name], forms of [name]Patricia[/name], forms of [name]Joan[/name].
What do you berries think?
[name]Juliana[/name] is a lovely choice to honor a [name]Julie[/name]!
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Claire[/name] and [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Patricia[/name] are my favorites of your family name possibilities. [name]Patrice[/name] might be another option if you wanted something a bit shorter that still honors your [name]Patricia[/name].
I’ve fallen in love with [name]Grier[/name] as a short, unusual middle name, and think [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Grier[/name] sounds absolutely fantastic. Other one-syllable names: [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Hope[/name], [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Pearl[/name], and [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Rue[/name] (with the last two you could also do initial nicknames, JP and [name]JR[/name]).
Good luck!
Thanks for the suggestions!
My favorites are [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Patrice[/name] and [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Grier[/name]. I will be honest in that I’ve never been keen on the name [name]Grier[/name]. I always thought of it as a weird name that people looking for an “out there” name would use. Paired with [name]Juliana[/name], however, I absolutely love it!
Any other mn suggestions for my future daughter?
I really like [name]Juliana[/name] and your mom’s suggestion of [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Joy[/name] is lovely.
[name]Juliana[/name] is beautiful! and I love that it’s so meaningful to you
I really like [name]Julianna[/name] [name]Jane[/name] or [name]Julianna[/name] [name]Joy[/name] (and [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Patrice[/name]!)
Other suggestions:
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Wren[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Finch[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Plum[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Cleo[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Dove[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Lark[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Sloan[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Lane[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]
Though I think most of you got this, I thought I’d clarify how in pronouncing [name]Juliana[/name]: [name]Julie[/name]-[name]AH[/name]-na
With that it mind, amandachristine, I like your suggestions of [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Wren[/name] and [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Gray[/name].
My favorites:
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Patrice[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Joy[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Grier[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Wren[/name]
I adore [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Claire[/name]. [name]Juliana[/name] is a favorite of mine and other middle names I’ve considered are:
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Eve[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Estelle[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Cate[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
@buggins-
I do really like [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Claire[/name] and [name]Juliana[/name] [name]May[/name]. I’d probably go with [name]May[/name], if I picked between the two!
What do you think of mn [name]Patrice[/name]? It’d be great to hear from someone else who loves the name!
I [name]LOVE[/name] that name and almost named my DD that, but in the end decided not to. Everyone was pronouncing it wrong…I liked it with the ah-na ending and even my fam couldn’t get it right…it was always anna which I hated. Also I didn’t want the nn [name]Julie[/name] (it’s pretty, just nms). So those were the only negatives for me, just wanted to put it out there. Otherwise, beautiful name!
[name]Just[/name] wanted to say I [name]LOVE[/name] that you like my suggestions of [name]Grier[/name] and [name]Patrice[/name]! I think both are really lovely.
Beautiful name, and I love the meaning behind it!
I wouldn’t worry much about pronunciation. I see [name]Juliana[/name]= [name]Juli[/name]-[name]AH[/name]-na, and [name]Julianna[/name] = [name]Juli[/name]-[name]ANN[/name]-a.
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Joy[/name] is my favorite. I also like [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Brynn[/name] (nickname Ju Ju [name]Bee[/name]? )
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Eve[/name], [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Rue[/name], and [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Fern[/name] are also nice. [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Claire[/name] is great, too!
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Brynn[/name] nn Ju Ju [name]Bee[/name] is so cute! [name]Just[/name] reading it made me smile.
I still like [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Joy[/name] nn JJ and [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Patrice[/name] nn JP the most, but who knows! I may stumble across the perfect middle name before I have kids.